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- SePt- 15. 1936- A. A. BUREAU Re. 20,106

A. A. BUREAU REEL Sept'. 1i-5,` 1936.

Original Filed Aug. 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 '1:11.11 a... -4 'L .1. lr 'lurlllll'lllln ffy. y.

Reissued Sept. l5, 1936 UNITED STATES Re. 20,106 y REEL Arthur A; Bureau, Chicago, IIL, assigner to Western Electric Company,

Incorporated, New

York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Original No. 1,908,624, dated May 9, 1933, Serial No. 474,102, August 9, 1930. Application for reissue April 23, 1935, Serial No. 17,797

15 Claims.

` 'This invention relates to reels, and more particularly to metallic reels for supporting material such as telephone cable.

An object of the invention is the provision of I a simple, durable reel having the greatest degree oiv strength commensurate with its weight. vInv accordance with one embodiment, the invention contemplates a reel comprised of heads spaced apart by a hanged drum, each head being composed of a plurality of radially extending channel members secured at their inner ends to van 'annular channel which forms the hub of the head and secured at their outer ends to a cir- `cular shaped channel member. Angle members 1 5 disposed between the radially extending channelv members vat their outer extremities serve to y strengthen the heads, and segmental plates or disks having their outer edges recessed to receive the'channel members are welded to the radially extending channel members and the circular Shaped channel members to present a smooth inner surface on the reel heads. The drum which spaces the-heads apart has flanges formed therel on which engage the heads of the reel, and bolts extend through the flanges and through the headsr of the reel for securing the drum between the heads. v One of the radially extending channel members and a portion of the segmental disk adjacent thereto is cut away topermit the end of the cable to be passed through the aperture so formed when it is desired to wind a, cable upon the reel.- All of the parts of the heads are weldedv together to provide a rigid structure so f as to have the strength which would be present if theV parts were integral.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the v following detailed description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig; 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a cable reel embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

-Fig, 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

- Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the reel shown in Fig. 1 showing in detail the construction of the reel adjacent the hub thereof; Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary sectional views taken on the lines 5-5 and 6--6 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view of the outer edge of the head of the reel shown in Fig. l, and discloses details of construction thereof;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of a cap for covering the aperture in the reel head 5 through which cable may be passed;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional View taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 6, and y Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view through a reel head showing another type of radially l0 extending member.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate the same parts throughout the several views, particular reference being had rst to Figs. l and 2, the numeral I l5 designates generally the hub portion of one of the heads 2 of the reel, the other head being indicated by the reference numeral 3. The construction of the two heads is the same except as pointed out hereinafter and therefore only one 20 head will be described in detail for the sake of simplifying the disclosure. As shown in detail in Fig. 4, the hub luis comprised of a tubular member 6 to which is secured, by welding, a pair of annular plates 1 and 8 to form an annular chan- 25 nel member from which radiate a number of ribs 9. The ribs 9 are formed of channel members having their inner ends tapered as shown in Fig.

4, one of the anges thereof being cut away as shown at I0 and are welded to the hubv I at II. 30

Welded to the edges of the flanges of the ribs 9, as shown at I2 (Figs. 4 and 7), are segmental plates I3 which arev offset adjacent their outer edges as shown at I4 (Fig. 2) and welded together along the lines I5 (Fig. l) so as to pro- 35 vide a comparatively smooth inner surface for the reel head. A circular channel member I6 is welded to the outer edges of the radially extending ribs 9, as indicated at I'I (Figs. 2 and 7) and angle bars I 8 having their outer edges shaped 40 to conform to the curvature of the circular channel members I6 are welded to the channel members I6 at I9 and to the ribs 9 at 20 to reinforce the heads by acting as trusses between the ribs.

Positioned between the heads 2 and 3 is a. drum 45 26 having inwardly extending flanges 21 formed thereon for spacing the heads apart. The drum 26 is secured in place and the heads are held in position against the flanges thereof by through bolts 29 which extend through the disks I3 and 50 the flanges 2l, the through bolts being threaded at one end to receive nuts 29, and having ahead 30 formed on the other end thereof, thereby to hold the assembled drum and heads in a predetermined position. As shown in Fig. 3, a flanged bushing J9 is provided in an opening in each head for each of the through bolts 28 and the flanges 21 are provided' with corresponding openings for receiving the bushings. The bushings 36 have the flange thereof bent so that it may be welded to the adjacent ribs 9 as shown at l2 and to the segmental plates Il as shown at 33, Figs. 1 and 3.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9, which show the aperture through which cable may be passed when it is desired to wind it upon the reel, one of the ribs 9 has its flanges cut away as shown at l1 and Il (Fig. 1) and the segmental plate Il adjacent to such rib 9 has a pair of slots 39 and III cut therein tangent to the peripheral surface of the drum 26. In forming the slot 39, a portion of the plate I3 is bent upwardly at 46 (Fig. l) to provide a rounded edge over which the cable may be bent without cutting it and passed into the slot 99, under the web portion of the rib 9 which has the flanges thereof cut away as shown at J1 and I8 and into the slot 40. The material of the plate I3 is so formed at 41 (Fig. 5)v as to provide a flange 4B running at right angles to the surface of the disk and parallel to the surface of the drum at the point at which the slot is tangent to the drum. Secured to the plate Il adjacent the other edge of the slot lil, there is an angle member 49 to which, and to the ange 49, is welded at 50 a second angle member 5I. 'I'he angle member 49 extends from the edge of one of the ribs 9 to the center of the next lower rib 9 (Fig. l) and the angle member 5I extends between the adjacent edges of the two ribs 9 and acts as a closure member for the slot 99.

The slot 40 is formed in a manner similar to the slot I9 in that the portion of the segmental plate Il is bent at 51 to form a flange 59 (Fig. 6) and an angle member 60 is welded to the edge of the slot 40 in the same manner as the angle member 49, but a removable closure member shown in detail in Fig. 8 and designated generally by the numeral BI is provided in place of the angle member. This. removable closure 6I comprises a channel shaped member 62 (Fig. 8), flanges B3 and B4 of which are adapted to engage the outer surfaces of the flange 58 and angle member 90, a nut and bolt assembly 65 mounted in a slot 88 in the flange B4 being provided for securing the closure GI in place over the opening formed by the slot lli. I'he closure member BI may be secured in place over the slot III by placing the closure over the slot and passing the head of the bolt 81 of the nut and bolt assembly through an enlarged portion 6B (Fig. 9) of a slot V86 formed in the angle member 60 and thereafter sliding the nut and bolt assembly to the left (Fig. 9) and tightening the nut in place.

After the heads and drumoi' the reel as described hereinbefore have been assembled and material placed on the reell it may be desirable to enclose the material so wound on the reel with a protecting cover. The preferred form of enclosing lags is metallic sheets 10 corrugated in the direction of their length and curvature, the corrugations being so formed that when the lags are secured on the heads by means of nut and bolt assemblies 1I, the corrugated portion will be of less diameter than the reel heads so that the weight of the reel will rest on the heads rather than on the lags.

Another form of radially extending rib which may be substituted for the ribs 9 is shown in Fig. 10 and comprises a rectangular shaped member formed from sheet steel which is designated by the numeral 'Il and may be welded to the segmental plates I3 as shown at 11. When ribs of this type are used the segmental plates I3 may be dispensed with and a simple spoked reel will be provided.

In the preferred form of the invention as described hereinbefore, the various parts of the heads are seam welded with the usuall arc welding equipment but it will be apparent that spot welding or any other suitable well known type of welding might be used without departing from the scope of the invention which is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a reel, a head comprising a tubular hub, annular disks secured thereto to form an outwardly extending annular channel, radially extending channelmembers secured in the annular channel, and a circular channel member secured to the outer ends of the radially extending channel members.

wardly extending annular channel, radially 'ex g 20 2. In a. reel, a head comprising a tubular hub, f

tending channel members having theirinner endsy tapered for connection to each other and to the inner surface of the annular channel, and a channel member secured to the outer ends of the radially extending channel members.

3. In a reel, a head comprising a tubular hub, annular disks secured thereto to form an outwardly extending annularchannel, radially extending channel members havng their inner ends tapered for connection to each other and to the inner surface of the annular channel, a circular channel secured to the outer ends of the radially extending channel members, and a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates securedto the radially extending channel members and the circular channel member to form a smooth surface on one side of the head.

4. In a reel, a head comprising a tubular hub, annular disks secured thereto to form an out,- wardly extending annular channel, radially extending channel members having theirinner ends tapered for connection toeach other and to the inner surface of the annular channel, a circular channel member ,secured to the outerends of the 'I radially extending channel members, adisk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending channel members and4 to the circular channel member, said radially ex` tending channel members being lcut away and said segmental plates being offset adjacent their outer ends to present a smooth surface on one side ofA .M

of heads. a drumv .5 each of said heads comprisinga hub, radially, extending channel members secured to the hubV a circular member fixed to the outer 'endsl `of' the radially extending members, and a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates securedv the head. 5. A reel comprising a pair to the radially extending channel members, one of said plates being slotted to provide ,a passageway through the head.

6. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a y f .'65 each of said heads comprising a hub, radially...

extending channel members secured to the hub,

a circular shaped member fixed to the outer ends., of the radially extending members, a disk com,- j" prising a plurality of segmental plates 'secui-ed to the radially extending channelmembers. one] of said plates being slotted to provide a. pas-V 1 sageway through the head, and means for closing "j Bald DBSBSIBEWBY.

1. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a drum,

each .of said heads comprising a hub, radially extending channel members secured to the hub,

a circular member fixed to the outer ends of the radiallyextending members, a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending channel members, one of said segmental plates having an angular passageway formed therein tangentially to the drum, and closure members for said passageway.

8. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a drum, each of `said heads comprising a hub, radially lextending channel members secured to the hub,

a circular member ilxed to the outer ends or the radially extending members, a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending channel members, one of said i segmental plates. having an angular slot therein formedv with its angles disposed tangentially to i the drum and each angularly disposed portion 20 oi' the slot extending between adjacent radially extending channel members, and closure members for said slot.

9. A. reel comprising a pair of heads, a drum. each of said heads comprising a hub, radially vextending vchannel members secured to the hub,

a circular member tlxed to the outer ends of y the radially extending members, a circular plate comprising a plurality oi' segmental plates secured to the radially extending channel members, one of said segmental plates having an angular slot therein formed in two planes, each portion being disposed tangentially to the drum and eachextending between adjacent radially i extending channel members, and closure members for said slot, one of said closure members being fixed and the other being removable.

10. A -reel comprising spaced heads and a drum, each of said heads including radially extending channel members, a circular shaped channel Hinember secured to the outer ends of the channel members, and a plurality of segmental plates secured to the channel members and offset adjacent their outer edges to present a smooth surface on one side o! the head.

ll. A reel comprising a pair oi heads, a drum, each oi' said heads comprising a hub, radially extending channel members secured to the hub, a circular member xed to the outer ends of the radially extending members, a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending channel members, one of said segmental plates having an angular passageway formed therein with the various angles of the passageway positioned tangentially with respect to the drum, and a plurality of closure members for said passageway.

l2. A reel comprising a pair of heads, a. drum, each of said heads comprising a hub, radially extending channel members secured to the hub, a circular member xed to the outer ends oi the radially extending members, a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending members, one oi said segmental plates having an angular passageway formed therein with the various angles of the passageway positioned tangentially with respect to the drum, and a closure member for each of said angularly disposed portions of the passageway.

13. In a reel, a head comprising a hub, a head plate surrounding the hub, and channel members extending radially :from the hub and havlng the ilanges engaging and secured to the head plate with the bases of the channel spaced from the head plate.

14. In a reel, a head comprising an inner annular channel member, radially extending members having the inner ends secured within said channel member, and a circular channel member secured to the outer ends of said radially extending members.

l5. In a reel, a head comprising an inner annular member, radially extending members having their inner ends secured to said member, a circular channel member secured to the outer ends of said radially extending members. and a disk comprising a plurality of segmental plates secured to the radially extending members and the circular channel member to provide a smooth surface on one side of the head. 

